August 2011
Broughton man jailed for six years for child sex offences
A MAN was jailed for six years after he was branded a danger to children.
Colin Kenton, 27, denied charges of indecent assault and sexual assault on a young girl, but was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court.
The defendant, of Warren Drive, Broughton was back in the dock for sentence last week before Judge Philip Hughes.
He was also made the subject of an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) which bans him from having unsupervised access to children after his release from prison.
Kenton was told his offending was aggravated by previous convictions – a sexual assault on a boy in 1999 and an indecent assault on a very young girl in 1997.
The present allegations involved a young girl aged under 10 over a three-year period, the court heard.
Judge Hughes said he considered Kenton ‘a dangerous offender – a significant risk to members of the public, particularly children’.
Oliver King, defending, said the defendant had led a productive life, holding down several jobs.
He had been with his present employer for six years and his job was being held open for him.
Simon Mills, prosecuting, said the Probation Service regarded Kenton as a high risk of physical, sexual, emotional and psychological harm to children, particularly to pre-pubescent females.
